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Franklin and Ripley Counties—Community agencies have reported a rise in substance abuse because of quarantine and the COVID-19 pandemic. If you have expired or unused medications in your home, it may be time to get […]

New Point, IN —Indiana State Police Troopers are on the scene of a single-vehicle crash on I-74 Eastbound near the 142-mile marker in Decatur County. This is roughly one mile west of New Point (exit […]

Batesville, IN  – Autumn classes at Ivy Tech Community College’s Lawrenceburg and Batesville locations will start on August 24. Ivy Tech will provide students with the option to take classes face-to-face, online, or virtually to […]

Penntown, IN —Ripley County churches have partnered with Church World Services for the past 32 years to bring the Crop Hunger Walk to Ripley County, and this year they will continue that tradition even in […]

Columbus, IN — A Columbus man was arrested on Sunday evening by Columbus Police Department SWAT members after a domestic incident where he allegedly strangled a woman and held a gun to her head. SWAT […]

Statewide—Attorney General Curtis Hill is urging Congress to pass legislation known as Edith’s Bill, designed to assist seniors victimized by fraud, as part of the nation’s efforts to provide relief to those most impacted by […]

Statewide—The Indiana State Department of Health has reported that 673 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 on Monday.  A total of 74,992 Indiana residents have tested positive for the coronavirus. To date, 852,111 individual […]

Versailles, IN —Versailles Fire Rescue responded to a call of a multi-vehicle accident on Sunday afternoon on U.S. 50 east of the Versailles State Park. One person was airlifted and two people were transported by […]

Sunman, IN — Sunman Police Department say they have identified the subject that has caused damage to the sign in front of the Sunman Town Hall building. Town officials are giving the individual involved 24 […]

Shelbyville, IN —This week in Indiana history in 2008, Sandy Allen died in Shelbyville at the age of 53. At 7’7″, she was listed in the Guinness Record Book as the tallest woman in the […]

Greensburg, IN — August 8, 2020 was proclaimed as the Day of Recovery in the City of Greensburg.  Members from the Greensburg Prevention Group, Speranza House, Transitional Living Center, Celebrate Recovery, and Foundations for Recovery, […]

Rising Sun, IN —During the August meeting of the Rising Sun Common Council meeting on Thursday, the Council made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 Navy Bean Festival due to the COVID 19 epidemic […]